![]() ![]() ![]() In recent decades, some communities have witnessed a resurgence of their weaving heritage, as national governments provide support for training programs, microcredit and financing programs encourage small business development, and community weaving associations use the Internet to market their textiles and reach an international clientele.Ĭurator Emeritus James Nason, as lead curator for the project, said, “Weaving Heritage will offer the public a rare insight into the demanding nature of this endangered art, and the extraordinary quality and artistic beauty of the work of indigenous master weavers, while also expanding the Burke’s outreach to tribal and ethnic audiences.” However, in the past 150 years, factors such as the introduction of cheap, machine-made textiles, changes in the availability of traditional materials, the influence of foreign fashions, and economic and political strife in many nations have threatened the survival of hand-woven textile traditions. Hand-woven textiles are closely identified with cultural identity, ethnic pride, technical artistic mastery, and community history. A hands-on area will allow visitors to try simple weaving activities, handle fiber samples, and learn about weaving techniques through video and other resources.įor many thousands of years, people all over the world have woven animal and plant fibers into cloth. The textiles will be complemented with examples of traditional looms, weaving tools, and touchable materials. The exhibit will provide museum visitors with a rare opportunity to see outstanding examples of traditional textile arts from Indonesia, Micronesia, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala, China, Tibet, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Native American tribal groups including the Salish, Tlingit, Haida, Navajo, and Hopi. Weaving Heritage will draw on the expertise of master weavers and cultural leaders from the communities represented in the exhibit to tell the story of this increasingly endangered art form. This fall, for the first time, 130 of the most beautifully designed and culturally significant textile masterpieces from the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands will be displayed in a new Burke Museum exhibit, titled Weaving Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection. ![]() The Burke textile collection has been widely used for research, but most of these works have never before been on public display. The Burke Museum has been collecting international textiles for over a century and holds a permanent collection of over 2,000 hand-woven pieces. An example of the sort of hand weaving that the Burke Museum will display in its first exhibit of the fall. ![]()
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